Monday, December 20, 2010

hello kitty mini cupcakes

Last Thursday was my little Melodie's first birthday! I wanted to make Hello Kitty cupcakes to bring to her little celebration at daycare, so I decided to make mini cupcakes since there would only be babies and toddlers there. I decided on a fresh strawberry batter from Martha Stewart's "Cupcakes" book for the cake, and cream cheese frosting to go on top.

I used the smallest scooper I had to fill the mini cupcake pan. Once the mini cupcakes were cooled, I piped Hello Kitty with cream cheese frosting, and gave her a pink nose and bow.

Then I made regular-sized cupcakes for the teachers. I had found cute Hello Kitty cupcake liners a while ago, and this was the perfect time to use them!

To make them look a little different from the mini cupcakes, I did a basket weave piping with cream cheese frosting, and then piped Hello Kitty on top in pink (the exact opposite from the Hello Kitty birthday cupcakes I did before).

At the party, Melodie was a little confused by the cupcake at first, but once she tasted it there was no stopping her. She loved it and ate the whole thing!

@karine - aww happy early birhtday to your daughter! what kind of cupcakes are you planning on making? i'm sure they will come out super cute! to answer your question, most of my stuff is trial and error, but i eventually did take a cake class at michael's where they taught the basics to piping.

@sugarswings - thank you! yes i piped them freehand with cream cheese frosting. i used a wide round tip for the face, a leaf tip for the ears, and a small round tip for the details (eyes, nose, whiskers, bow).